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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 7	QF-EHEA: Second Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

TIP035

Course Name:

Introduction to Behavioral Sciences

Semester:

Fall
Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:Second Cycle

EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Staff ZEYNEP KÜÇÜK

Course Lecturer(s):

ZEYNEP KÜÇÜK

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

To obtain a general notion about how and why individuals behave as they do in given circumstances and to successfully adapt this
knowledge to the work place and especially health care instutitions, thereby facilitating communication with one’s subjects
(patients) on one hand and fellow staff personnel (subordinates, peers and superiors), on the other hand.

Course Content:

Definition of behavior patterns; the components (sub-disciplines) of Behavioral Science; education and the gains we acquire thanks to being educated; brief history of Turkish educational history; connection between mind & body; illusion and hallucination; a glimpse at mental capabilities with emphasis on memory & intelligence; defense mechanisms; growth and its basic stages; introduction into “soft” psychiatry and eventually a glimse at anthropology via the concept of initiation.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) I. He/she can achieve a scientific observation of persons displaying abnormal behavior.
2) II. He/she can easily perceive or sense something’s being wrong in the atmosphere / ambiance, as a prelude to a probable trouble between interacting individuals.
3) III. He/she can proactively and swiftly intervene and act as a pacifier or compensating-mediator in the above-mentioned situation.
4) IV. He / she can display knowledge about educative processes in general and Turkish education history in specific and valorize this background for contributing to the training of subordinates in a professional manner.
5) V. Gerek günlük hayatta ve gerekse çalışma koşullarında rast geldiği sorunlu insanlarla iştigal ederken lâyıkıyla sabırlı, nâzik ve anlayışlı olabilir.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction: Studying Behavioral Sciences as “Burgeoning” Physicians.	-
2)	Education as a Social Institution. Pioneers of Education in Turkey since the late-Ottoman times.	-
3)	Mind-Body Connection Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System Optical Illusions The Ames Room Sensation and Perception (Wahrnehmung) Higher Level Perception Disorders: Auditory or Visual Hallucinations Psychodisleptic / hallucinogenic substances	-
4)	Memory and Forgetting: Short-term and Long-term Memory; Memory Failures (amnesia, dementia, Korsakoff-Syndrome in lacunary forgetfulness) Intelligence and Measurement of Intelligence; L.M. Terman’s Longitudinal Experiment on “Termites”.	-
5)	Coping Strategies (Defense Mechanisms): Acting out, Displacement, Rationalization, Day-dreaming (phantasy), Sublimation, Projection, Compensation, Denial, Identification, Regression, Substitution, Suppression.	-
6)	Personality and Related Theories / Explanation Attempts. -Freudian Approach (Stages of Emotional Development Suggested by Freud) -Carl Gustav Jung’s Approach (the Balance Theory) Growth of the Human Body and the Related Graphical Information	-
7)	How Does the Process of Learning Occur? - Pavlov’s historical experiment and Classical Conditioning - Operant Conditioning	-
8)	Whole-Learning Advocates versus Partial Learning Advocates ARA-SINAV UYGULAMASI	-
9)	The Role of Groups in Affecting Behavior Patterns of a Given Individual.	-
10)	An Overview of Psychopathology: What is mental "normality" and "abnormality"? Leading figures in Turkish Psychiatry: Mazhar Osman Uzman, Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Rasim Adasal, Ayhan Songar, Özcan Köksal. The Evolution of Mental Health Institutions from “Asylums” onto Hospitals	-
11)	Which Disorders Constitute Cases of Neurosis?	-
12)	Which Disorders Constitute Cases of Psychosis? -Obsessive-compulsive cases -Bipolar cases (Alternating manic and depressive cycles) -Delusions	-
13)	Some Knowledge on Paraphilias	-
14)	Key Concepts in Social Anthropology and Rights of Passage: Accolade, Walkabout in Aborigin Society, Counting Coups among American Natives (Indians), Débutante Balls in French High Society, Rumspringa of the Amish societies in mid-west American states, Hazing Recruits in Navies etc. FİNAL SINAVI UYGULAMASI	-

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Öğretim üyesinin notları

References:

1) HEFFNER, Christopher L. (2001). [online] Psychology (Access: July 21, 2010)
2) KOPTAGEL-İLAL, Günsel (1984). Tıpsal Psikoloji: Tıpta Davranış Bilimleri, 2. baskı, Beta Basım Yayım, Divanyolu, İstanbul.
3) ADASAL, Rasim (1977).Normal ve Anormal Yönleriyle Yeni Medikal Psikoloji, 3. baskı, Minnetoğlu Yayınları, Cağaloğlu, İstanbul.
4)ADASAL, Rasim (1975).Normal ve Anormal Cinsiyet ve Evlilik, Gürsoy Basımevi, Ankara.
5) TEZCAN, Mahmut (1992).Eğitim Sosyolojisi, 8. baskı, Anı Yayıncılık, Ankara.
6) CÜCELOĞLU, Doğan (1999). İnsan ve Davranışı, dokuzuncu basım, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul.
7) İŞÇİ, Metin (2007). Davranış Bilimleri, Der yayınları, İstanbul.
8) BOEREE, C. George (2006). The Ultimate Theory of Personality (online info), (Access: August 10, 2010).
9)İŞCAN, M. Yaşar (2005). Basılmamış Adli Antropoloji Lisansüstü Notlarında “Büyüme” Alt Konusu, Adli Tıp Enstitüsü, Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul.
10)Unser Körper unser Leben I [Our Bodies, Ourselves by the Boston Women’s Health book collective](1983). Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Hamburg.
11)THOMPSON, Jane L. (1990). Sociology Made Simple, Heinemann, London.
12)STOLLEY, Kathy S. (2005). The Basics of Sociology, Greenwood-Press,Westport, Connecticut • London.
13)SKINNER, B.F. (1995). Science and Human Behaviour, The Free Press, New York.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) When Istinye University Faculty of Medicine student is graduated who knows the historical development of medicine, medical practices, and the medical profession and their importance for society.
2) knows the normal structure and function of the human body at the level of molecules, cells, tissues, organs and systems.
3) is capable of systematically taking an accurate and effective social and medical history from their patients and make a comprehensive physical examination.
4) knows the laboratory procedures related to diseases; In primary care, the necessary material (blood, urine, etc.) can be obtained from the patient with appropriate methods and can perform the necessary laboratory procedures for diagnosis and follow-up or request laboratory tests.
5) can distinguish pathological changes in structure and functions during diseases from physiological changes and can Interpret the patient's history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging findings, and arrive at a pre-diagnosis and diagnosis of the patient's problem.
6) knows, plans and applies primary care and emergency medical treatment practices, rehabilitation stages.
7) can keep patient records accurately and efficiently, know the importance of confidentiality of patient information and records, and protects this privacy.
8) knows the clinical decision-making process, evidence-based medicine practices and current approaches.
9) knows and applies the basic principles of preventive health measures and the protection of individuals from diseases and improving health, and recognizes the individual and/or society at risk, undertakes the responsibility of the physician in public health problems such as epidemics and pandemics.
10) knows the biopsychosocial approach, evaluates the causes of diseases by considering the individual and his / her environment.
11) is capable of having effective oral and/or written communication with patients and their relatives, society and colleagues.
12) knows the techniques, methods and rules of researching. It contributes to the creation, sharing, implementation and development of new professional knowledge and practices by using science and scientific method within the framework of ethical rules.
13) can collect health data, analyze them, present them in summary, and prepare forensic reports.
14) knows the place of physicians as an educator, administrator and researcher in delivery of health care. It takes responsibility for the professional and personal development of own and colleagues in all interdisciplinary teams established to increase the health level of the society.
15) knows employee health, environment and occupational safety issues and takes responsibility when necessary.
16) knows health policies and is able to evaluate their effects in the field of application.
17) keeps medical knowledge up-to-date within the framework of lifelong learning responsibility.
18) applies own profession by knowing about ethical obligations and legal responsibilities, prioritizing human values and with self-sacrifice throughout own medical life.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	When Istinye University Faculty of Medicine student is graduated who knows the historical development of medicine, medical practices, and the medical profession and their importance for society.
2)	knows the normal structure and function of the human body at the level of molecules, cells, tissues, organs and systems.
3)	is capable of systematically taking an accurate and effective social and medical history from their patients and make a comprehensive physical examination.
4)	knows the laboratory procedures related to diseases; In primary care, the necessary material (blood, urine, etc.) can be obtained from the patient with appropriate methods and can perform the necessary laboratory procedures for diagnosis and follow-up or request laboratory tests.
5)	can distinguish pathological changes in structure and functions during diseases from physiological changes and can Interpret the patient's history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging findings, and arrive at a pre-diagnosis and diagnosis of the patient's problem.
6)	knows, plans and applies primary care and emergency medical treatment practices, rehabilitation stages.
7)	can keep patient records accurately and efficiently, know the importance of confidentiality of patient information and records, and protects this privacy.
8)	knows the clinical decision-making process, evidence-based medicine practices and current approaches.
9)	knows and applies the basic principles of preventive health measures and the protection of individuals from diseases and improving health, and recognizes the individual and/or society at risk, undertakes the responsibility of the physician in public health problems such as epidemics and pandemics.
10)	knows the biopsychosocial approach, evaluates the causes of diseases by considering the individual and his / her environment.
11)	is capable of having effective oral and/or written communication with patients and their relatives, society and colleagues.
12)	knows the techniques, methods and rules of researching. It contributes to the creation, sharing, implementation and development of new professional knowledge and practices by using science and scientific method within the framework of ethical rules.
13)	can collect health data, analyze them, present them in summary, and prepare forensic reports.
14)	knows the place of physicians as an educator, administrator and researcher in delivery of health care. It takes responsibility for the professional and personal development of own and colleagues in all interdisciplinary teams established to increase the health level of the society.
15)	knows employee health, environment and occupational safety issues and takes responsibility when necessary.
16)	knows health policies and is able to evaluate their effects in the field of application.
17)	keeps medical knowledge up-to-date within the framework of lifelong learning responsibility.
18)	applies own profession by knowing about ethical obligations and legal responsibilities, prioritizing human values and with self-sacrifice throughout own medical life.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 50
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	2	0	1	15	32
Study Hours Out of Class	1	0	1	1	2
Midterms	1	2	2	1	5
Final	1	2	2	1	5
Total Workload					44